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OGT to share expertise in NGS assay design through live webinar presentation

Oxford Gene Technology, provider of innovative genetics research and biomarker solutions to advance molecular medicine, will share its expertise in NGS assay design by hosting a live webinar entitled ‘Enhanced bait design strategies that deliver more reliable NGS panel assays’ on 3rd October 2013, at 3:00pm (BST).

From Oxford Gene Technology 19 Sep 2013

Researchers identify likely molecular pathway that causes untreatable neurodegenerative diseases

University of Adelaide researchers have identified a likely molecular pathway that causes a group of untreatable neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease.

19 Sep 2013

Researchers discover new way to combat HIV-1 infection

Current drug treatments for HIV work well to keep patients from developing AIDS, but no one has found a way to entirely eliminate the virus from the human body, so patients continue to require lifelong treatment to prevent them from developing AIDS.

19 Sep 2013

Wayne State University initiates groundbreaking multiple sclerosis study

A groundbreaking study in multiple sclerosis focusing on "remyelination in the brain" has been initiated by Omar Khan, M.D., professor and chair of neurology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

19 Sep 2013

Researchers discover why multiple myeloma recurs after initially effective treatment

Researchers have discovered why multiple myeloma, a difficult to cure cancer of the bone marrow, frequently recurs after an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years.

19 Sep 2013

Scientists develop experimental vaccine against human CMV infection

An experimental vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, which endangers the developing fetus, organ transplant recipients, patients with HIV and others who have a weakened immune system, proved safe and more effective than previous vaccines developed to prevent infection by the ubiquitous virus.

19 Sep 2013

Diagnoplex SA sign agreement with Unilabs to commercialize Colox colorectal cancer assay

Diagnoplex SA, a developer of molecular diagnostics for colorectal cancer and Unilabs, a leading supplier of clinical laboratory and medical diagnostic imaging services in Europe, signed a collaboration agreement to commercialize Colox, a minimally invasive colorectal cancer assay within the Unilabs network. The test will be available initially in the Swiss and Swedish markets.

18 Sep 2013

Researchers explore challenges involved in urban agriculture

In many cities around the world, patrons of high-end restaurants want quality food that is flavorful and fresh. To satisfy their guests, chefs are looking closer and closer to home - to locally grown produce from neighboring farms or even from their own, restaurant-owned gardens.

18 Sep 2013

Children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome may often be misdiagnosed to have autism

Children with a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, who frequently are believed to also have autism, often may be misidentified because the social impairments associated with their developmental delay may mimic the features of autism, a study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute suggests.

18 Sep 2013

Scientists develop sophisticated assay to track cell growth at low nutrient concentrations

The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a prime organism for studying fundamental cellular processes, with the functions of many proteins important in the cell cycle and signaling networks found in human biology having first been discovered in yeast.

18 Sep 2013

LSDF announces Proof of Concept grants to speed up promising health-related technologies

For-profit and non-profit organizations in Washington state will receive $1.25M in Proof of Concept grant funding to accelerate the translation of promising health-related technologies from concept to commercialization, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) announced today.

18 Sep 2013

Brain's white matter may determine susceptibility to chronic pain

The structure of the brain may predict whether a person will suffer chronic low back pain, according to researchers who used brain scans. The results, published in the journal Pain, support the growing idea that the brain plays a critical role in chronic pain, a concept that may lead to changes in the way doctors treat patients.

18 Sep 2013

Test evaluates benefits of fully dissolvable and temporary drug eluting stent to open heart artery blockages

The Mount Sinai Medical Center is participating in the nationwide ABSORB III clinical trial testing the performance and potential clinical benefits of a fully dissolvable and temporary drug eluting stent to open heart artery blockages.

18 Sep 2013

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center celebrates grand opening of Wallace Tumor Institute

On Friday, Aug. 23, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center celebrated the public grand opening of the renovated Lurleen B. Wallace Tumor Institute (WTI).

18 Sep 2013

University of Chicago researchers awarded NIH grant to develop novel multiple sclerosis treatment

Researchers from the University of Chicago have been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop stimulated dendritic cell-derived exosomes that show remarkable promise as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases involving loss of myelin, the insulation around nerve fibers.

18 Sep 2013

Study: Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may help treat stress urinary incontinence

Vaginal delivery presents the possibility of injury for mothers that can lead to "stress urinary incontinence", a condition affecting from four to 35 percent of women who have had babies via vaginal delivery. Many current treatments, such as physiotherapy and surgery, are not very effective.

18 Sep 2013

Researchers find winter viruses may be behind sleep-disordered breathing spike in children

A good night's sleep is important to our children's development. But with the first day of school just passed, many children are at increased risk for sleep breathing disorders that can impair their mental and physical development and hurt their academic performance.

18 Sep 2013

Researchers identify starting points for preventing diarrheal disease outbreaks in remote Africa

Using a simple survey tool, a team of researchers has done what complex studies have failed to do -- provide data that identifies starting points for preventing diarrheal disease outbreaks in at least one region of Africa.

18 Sep 2013

ThedaCare collaborates with Mayo Clinic

ThedaCare today announced it is the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, giving ThedaCare specialist physicians direct access to Mayo Clinic experts and clinical resources, including eConsults and AskMayoExpert.

18 Sep 2013

Video demonstrates high throughput screening of cellular bioenergetics of multiple cell lines

INTEGRA has published a video demonstrating how its VIAFLO 96 handheld electronic pipette, used in conjunction with the Seahorse Bioscience XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer, provides high throughput screening of the cellular bioenergetics of multiple cell lines.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 17 Sep 2013

Laboratory News and Research

OGT to share expertise in NGS assay design through live webinar presentation

Researchers identify likely molecular pathway that causes untreatable neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers discover new way to combat HIV-1 infection

Wayne State University initiates groundbreaking multiple sclerosis study

Researchers discover why multiple myeloma recurs after initially effective treatment

Scientists develop experimental vaccine against human CMV infection

Diagnoplex SA sign agreement with Unilabs to commercialize Colox colorectal cancer assay

Researchers explore challenges involved in urban agriculture

Children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome may often be misdiagnosed to have autism

Scientists develop sophisticated assay to track cell growth at low nutrient concentrations

LSDF announces Proof of Concept grants to speed up promising health-related technologies

Brain's white matter may determine susceptibility to chronic pain

Test evaluates benefits of fully dissolvable and temporary drug eluting stent to open heart artery blockages

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center celebrates grand opening of Wallace Tumor Institute

University of Chicago researchers awarded NIH grant to develop novel multiple sclerosis treatment

Study: Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may help treat stress urinary incontinence

Researchers find winter viruses may be behind sleep-disordered breathing spike in children

Researchers identify starting points for preventing diarrheal disease outbreaks in remote Africa

ThedaCare collaborates with Mayo Clinic

Video demonstrates high throughput screening of cellular bioenergetics of multiple cell lines

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